The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1976-02-19, Page 10HERE
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HALF PINTS: our usual
C.&C. price 2.49 on sale for
0 1.99; PINTS: our usual C.&C. price 4.25
now on sale for 3.40
VARATHANE COLORS IN PLASTIC
HALF PINTS: our usual C.&C. 2.45 now 1.96;
PINTS: our usual CAC. 4.15 now 3.32; QUARTS:
our usual C.&C. 6.55 now 5.24
X-3D WOOD STAIN
HALF PINTS: our usual C.&C. 2.19 now 1.75: QUARTS: our usual
CAC 5.49 now 4,39; GALLONS: our usual CAC. 14.15 now
11.32
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ON FLECTO PRODUCTS
Flecto VARATHANE
In High Gloss (#90) or rich
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GALLONS
Our usual CAC.
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(OR TOY BOXES)
Choice of Red, Pecan
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in beautiful oak and
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COMBINATION
SQUARE Now 4.55
UTILITY KNIFE Now 1.51
STANLEY LEVEL Now 7.18
"REG" Is Our Usual
Cash a Carry Price
UNFINISHED FINISHED
Reg. Sale Reg. Sale
12" MEDITERRANEAN 1.32 1.12 2.39 2.03
15" MEDITERRANEAN 1.39 1.18 2.49 2.12
12" SPANISH 1.15 .98 2.09 1.78
15" SPANISH 1.32 1.12 2.39 2.03
12" COLONIAL 1.15 .98 2.09 1.78
15" COLONIAL 1.32 1.12 2.39 2.03
SQUARE CAP - B .72 .61 1.08 .92
OCTAGONAL CAP - E .72 .61 1.08 .92
ROUND CAP - A .72 .61 1.08 .92,
MUSHROOM CAP - C. .33 .28 .58 .49
THREADED INSERT - D. .18 .15 - -
SPACER RING - F. .33 .28 .58 A9
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2x b's now 2 I 2.00Thousand
2x 8's now 238.00 Thousand
2x10's now 247.00 Thousand
41 )(8' PLYWOOD
3/8" Spruce Sheathing 7 .44
5/8" Spruce Sheathing 12.44
All our spruce sheathing is C.M.H.C.
approved. We DO NOT sell shop grade
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WOOD VENEER SHELVES UNFINISHED FINISHED
Reg. Sale Reg. Sale
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SQUARE ONE STEP TWO STEP
PANEL SHELF SHELF 6.25 5.31 9.98 8.48
All Shelves Are 14"x30" Color Matched To The Spind es
Please Note: We still have some Furnace Air .
Filters left SALE PRICED at 3 for 1.88
Sizes: 16"x20", 16"x25",
20"x20" and 20"x25",
Our usual C.&C.
price 975 each
All lumber at Discount Dave's,
except Economy Studs, is
graded by the National Lumber
Graders' Association
(N.L.G.A.). Our direct
purchases average 75% No, 1
allowing 25% No. 2, That
means you receive lumber that
is either No. 1 or No, 2.
So before you buy, shop and
compare our quality. Our
special bulk prices are based
on minimum orders of 4,000
board feet of lumber, 4000
square feet of plywood or 4000
square feet of both. Prices
subject to change at any time
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Page 10 Times-Advocate, February 19, 1976.
SPRING JOB SITUATION LOOKS BRIGHTER - Spring could bring
a good many more jobs to the South Huron area, according to Huron
Park Manpower counsellor, John Gillespie, shown examining the job
sheets along with secretary, Mrs. Helen Isaac. photo by Robinson
Optimistic outlook
for job situation
By LEIGH ROBINSON
The employment picture may
look a little brighter for the
South Huron County area in 1976,
according to John Gillespie,
counsellor for Canada Manpower
located in Huron Park.
"I might be sticking my neck
out by saying that, but the job
situation looks better than it did
last year." he commented. "I
think that the economy is
perhaps picking pp a bit or
maybe it's just that there seems
to be more optimism. I think per-
sonally that job orders will come
in a lot sooner this year."
It's no secret that Canada's
cold winters contribute to a
phenomenon called "seasonal
employment". Each year, es-
pecially during the past six or
seven, when the economy began
to take a downward swing that
has never really been corrected,
a cycle begins in the fall with
persons being laid off from con-
structonand other types of work
that 009.9A Qn, gookOveather to,
keep going. As winter conies on,
more people are laid off and
employment never seems to
return to "normal" until about
April when these outside jobs
become prevalent again.
That phenomenon is amplified
in the South Huron area, where
many of the available jobs come
from agriculture and construc-
tion, both dependent on the
warmer weather of spring,
summer and fall for full employ-
ment. Currently, there are about
400 persons listed with the local
Manpower office who are seek-
ing jobs. In contrast. there are
only about 30 jobs listed in the of-
fice. and the majority of these
require a specific skill or ex-
perience.
Gillespie explained that in ad-
dition to the outside jobs. many
of the factory or production
employers are seasonally
oriented as well. depending on
the construction industry, etc. to
buy their goods. This also con-
tributes to the high seasonal
employment in South Huron.
Of course, summer employ-
ment has not always been the
best either. Last summer was a
prime example of that. Usually
Manpower begins to receive a
noticeable pickup in job orders in
April. Last year there was no
significant change in the number
of available listed jobs until July,
according to Gillespie.
Commenting on the current
employment situation, Gillespie
said that unemployment remain-
ed at about 6.8 or 7 per cent dur-
ing the month of December and
estimated that the percentage
may have been a little higher in
this area.
The Huron Park. Manpower of-
fice is not the large,
bureaucratic maze that one
usually pictures a Canada
Manpower Centre to be.
Gillespie is the only counsellor
and there is one secretary-
receptionist, The office is
located in a small building that
houses a laundromat, a variety
store and a bank, as well. There
is little formality although the
staff must keep the same kind of
records, etc. that any Manpower
office must keep.
The Huron Park office opened
about six years ago. At that time
Huron Park was just emerging
as an industrial centre. and the
federal government felt that it
was best to locate the office as
close to the employer as possi-
ble.
Gillespie. who has been in
Huron Park for a little over a
year, says that policy is changing
and he experts that the Man-
power office will be transferred
to Exeter, perhaps as early as
next summer, because Exeter is
the most dense population area
in southern Huron County.
Another new concept at
Canada Manpower is the job in-'
formation centre, which consists
of lists of all the available jobs.
If a client does not want to talk to
a counsellor, he can ask for
specific information on a par-
ticular job listed and go his own
way. According to Gillespie, the
system was designed to facilitate
as many job seekers as possible.
In addition to jobs, the centre
offers upgrading and commer-
cial training courses through
Conestoga and Vanastra
Colleges. Applicants are put on a
standby list and usually must
wait about two months before an
opening becomes available,
Although the federal government
picks up the tuition fees and
provides a living allowance,
applicants are screened before
acceptance to determine
whether they are apt to pursue
the course seriously.
Other services include ap-
titude testing. job preference
testing, and referrals for other
Manpower courses through Man-
power centre locations where the
courses are available.
"The kind of person that we
can most help is the guy who
doesn'thave quite enough educa-
tion, and is having trouble fin-
ding or holding a job down.
Through counselling and retrain-
ing we can help him find suitable
employment", Gillespie said,
Gillespie adds that the employ-
ment situation in south Huron
County is more conducive to men
than women, because of factors
mentioned earlier, namely that
most of the jobs come from in-
dustry and agriculture. The ma-
jority of jobs open to women,
other than office work and sales,
consist of babysitting and
waitress work and are usually of
a part-time nature. He men-
tioned that the bankruptcy of
Hall Lamp in 1973 when 350
female employees were per-
manently laid off contributed to
that situation and it has never
really cleared up.
Basically, Gillespie is op-
timistic about the spring job
market, which should start to
pick up in six or seven weeks.
Job placements in the Huron
Park office usually go up from an
average of about 30 to 35
placements per month during the
winter, to between 75 and 80 in
spring and summer.
There are a couple of things
which could affect that op-
timism however, and Gillespie
is aware of thern.LIP and OFY
projects have been cancelled by
the federal government and
could affect this summer's
employment possibilities as well
as next winter's.
"Students may have to dig a
little harder this summer, but
they should still be able to find
jobs", he commented. He noted
that a special student placement
officer will be assigned to the
South Huron area in the near
future.
FREE
BUS
SERVICE
to the London
BINGO
Games
Every Monday and
Wednesday
NEW TIMES
BUS DEPARTS AS FOLLOWS
Exeter 6:25 p.m.
Huron Park 6:35 p.m.
Centralia 6:40 pm.
Luton 6:50 p,m,
Phone 235-0450